Radiator cover



June 2, 1925- 1,540,347 C. W. LEWIS I RADIATOR GOVER Filedv Jan. 6, 1925 31-1 ucu for i /WzJ/ff/;w

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fPatentml June 2, 1925.

UNITED sTATE's' L 1,540347 PATENT .OFF-ice.I

CHARLES 'W. LEWIS, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSE nADIA'roR GOVER.

Application flled anuary 6, 1923. Serial No. -611,149

This invention relates to improvements in household furnishing's, having for'an object to provide a novel and decorative article of furniture particularly advantageous and desirable for covering and concealing radiators in homes and like dwellings, thereby lending to the artistic appearance ofa room and its decorations i i It is also an object of the invention to provide a radiatorcover of the character mentioned so constructed as to`permit ofan ample supply of cold air to the radiator,

ford radiation and likewise, to allow the heated air to be freely radiated from the same, hence ensuring proper functioning of the radiator as well as the heating of the room to that temperature desired.

Other objects wilL'be in part obvious' and.

in part ointed out hereinafter.

' In: or er that the invention and its mode of operation may be' readily understood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanying illustrative drawings and in the detailed following description based .thereon, set out one possible embodiment of the same. i

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of proved radiator cover;

` Figure 2 is an end elevationthereof;

` Figure -3 is an enlarged fragmental detail in section showing the construction of one of the end Walls of the cover ;Figure 4 is a Vertical transverse section through the device;A I O Figure 5 is a Vertical longitudinal section therethrough;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail in elevation showing the nature of the material employed in constructing the device; and,

Figure 7 is an "enlarged fraxnentary detail 1n 'perspective showing t e' formation of the'u per ends, of one -of the side and of one 'of lt e end walls of the device.

the imlerence may dictate.

` egress or radiation of heated air Ha-ving more particular reference to the drawings, in connection With which like characters of reference .will designate `corresponding parts throughout, the improved radiator cover may be stated to comprise a z Shell-like body indicated in its entirety by the numeral4 1, including'side and end pieces' 42 and 'respectively and a top covering 4;

the lower portion or bot'tom of the Shell-like 'body being open as shown in the Figure 4,

whereby the 'same -may be readily placed I over a radiator to be shielded therein.

`In constructing the improved radiator cover, I' preferably employ a sheet metal ,having a covering ofbaked porcelain finished or colored as m-ay be? desired in the decorating of a room.v. In this connection, 1t. W111 be appreciated that the surfaclng coating of baked porcelain will render the w radiator cover impervious to the detrimental action of such heated air as maybe radiated thereon, since, it has been found that the surfacing coating of baked porcelain requires approxima-tely twenty-'five hundred degrees Fahrenheit to melt thefsame.

The end pieces 3 of the radiator cover are adapted to be slipped over the opposite end portions of'the sldes 2 and'as shown,

certain of the marginal .portions of said end pieces 3 are provided with right ,angularly Ibent portions 5 adapted to overlap the ad-` jacent portions of the ,sidewall 2, while other portions of said end pieces are formed with substantially right angularly shaped elbows 'or lips 6 adapted to abut against inwardly disposed or right angularly` ar- I ranged lips formed upon the adj acent portions of the front side wall 2 of the device.

Any suitable form of fastening means may be employed for conne ting the end pieces i 3 to those portions of the side pieces or walls within rality of ornamental devices 9, herein shown as sembling the .handles of slidingv reby W drawers and beneath or directly rearwardly I of these,4 devices 9 openings 10 are formed facilitating the adj'ustment or control of the usual hand operated valve of a radiator, an

opening' is preferably formed in one of the' end pieces 3 of the device and if desired,

may be covered by an ornamental swinging w orpivoted cover plate 11. The size of this opening is suchv as will permit the insertion of a person,s hand Vtherethrough whereby the radiatorvalve handle may be' grasped' and operated as may be desired.

As hereinbefore stated, the device Will permit of an ample supply of cold air to the radiator whereby to effect radiation and in order that this supply maybe positively effected, I 'may and preferably do form recesses or ways 12 in the lower portions of the side and end pieces 2 and 3, hence affording 'unobstructed passage ways for the conduction of cold air within the radiator cover to the radiator concealed therein.

,While I have herein described with some degree of particularity, one form of myimproved radiator cover comprising a body including end and side walls and having ornamental devices upon one wall thereof resembling sliding drawers, it' is to be fully under'stood that the particular design of the device may be varied, such as conditions or preference may dictate.` This will be found to be especially true when the device is de- -sired to be used in the artistic decorating of a room, wherein it will be desired to match the furniture of the room and the radiator cover. Because ofthis, I find it practical to quite often'vary the ornamental design of the radiator cover, as for example to form the same as an article of period furniture or the like at certain times and as various other articles at other times. Likewise, the color of the radiator cover may be made to correspond or blend as may be desired, With the prmcipal furnishings of a room receiving the same. Therefore, it Will be underazs-10,847 f 'stood that the underlying principle or fundamental feature of my improved' radiator cover may be stated to reside in the provision of a`shell-like body formed of sheet metal provided with a colored baked porcelain surfacing material, the shell-like'body being provided with ample means to permit the ingress of cold air for radiation purposes and other ways for the egress of heated air or radiation from the device. Obviously, the particular form or arrangement of ways for permitting the ingress and egress of cold and heated air from the radiator cover may be varied as well as the ornamental design or appearance of the sliclllike body.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capablo of considerable modification and such modification as iswithin the scope of my claim, I consider within the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

A radiator cover comprising end and side Walls of slheet material, the lower portions of said end and side walls having recesses therein forming ways for ingress of air, the forward side portions of'said end Walls having lips formed thereon substantially right angular in cross' section, the opposite sides and adj acent portions of the forwardly disposed side wall having right angularly disposed lips thereon abutting and flushly engaging portions of said right angularly formed lips on the end walls, the rearward side portions of said end walls having in- Aturned right angularly disposed portions thereon overlapping the adjacent portions of the o posite ends of the rearwardly disposed si e wall, parts of said end and front walls being extended' for corresponding distances above their respective upper marginal portions, 'and a top` covering having downwardly disposed flanges formed upon certain of its marginalportions engaged over the upper portions of said end and side walls and resting upon said extensions, the flanges on said top covering being disposed laterally of and' overlying the openingformed in said side and end walls between said extensions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set m hand. i

y CHARLES W. LEWIS. 

